The Canadian Finals Rodeo (CFR) is one of the showpiece events in the Edmonton calendar, a top competition bringing the best rodeo competitors from the...
Held at the 8 hectare (19 acres) site of IPSCO Place (formerly the Regina Exhibition Park), the Canadian Western Agribition is one of the region's most...
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Exhibitions
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The world's best figure skaters, including world champions and Olympic medallists, compete at this acclaimed event for the privilege of a place in the...
The attractive lakeside town of Cobourg lights up over Christmas with 100,000 coloured lights creating a magical atmosphere among the many walkways of...
Each year the Taylor Family in Winnipeg assemble one of the best Christmas light displays around. Some 85,000 bulbs go into the household illuminations...
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Music
, Spectacle
, Kids' Stuff
, Entertainment
Dine Out Vancouver is a great opportunity to experience the city's outstanding food and wine scene, with a special three-course dinner being served at...
The Ice Magic International Ice Sculpture Competition and Exhibition takes place at the village of Lake Louise near Banff, in magnificent mountain surroundings....
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Exhibitions
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The town of Jasper began life as a tented encampment for railway workers. Now it is a mountain resort and a centre for the largest of the Canadian Rockies...
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Kids' Stuff
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, Theatre & Film
, Sport
The Toronto WinterCity Festival is a city-wide celebration of Toronto's incredible diversity. The 14-day event takes place in the heart of Toronto with...
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Spectacle
, Dance
, Kids' Stuff
, Food & Drink
, Theatre & Film
, Entertainment
, Sport
, Music
The Festival du Voyageur sets out to promote the Franco-Manitoban heritage and culture from the era of the early trappers by means of a winter festival,...
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Dance
, Entertainment
, Culture
, Spectacle
, Kids' Stuff
, Food & Drink
, Music
A foodie fest on a grand scale, the Highlights Festival ("Montreal en Lumiere") takes place at approximately 50 of the city's top restaurants. An extraordinary...
The headquarters for this event is not some frozen lakeside or desolate cabin community in the frozen wilds, but the more agreeable quarters of the Uptown...
Since the middle of the last century the Quebec Carnival has been one of the largest and most popular winter celebrations in the world, attended by nearly...
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Kids' Stuff
, Dance
, Entertainment
, Spectacle
, Music
, Unusual
A winter festival is held in the city of Whitehorse, attracting people from all over the globe for a week of entertainment, fun and friendship in the...
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Culture
, Exhibitions
, Food & Drink
, Entertainment
, History
, Sport
, Dance
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It started in 1979 as a way of celebrating Canada's unique northern climate and culture. Now Winterlude, the self-proclaimed "greatest winter celebration...
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Spectacle
, Entertainment
, Culture
, Music
, Kids' Stuff
, Sport
Through the depths of the Arctic winter, teams of 14 dogs and a human "musher" race sledges from Fairbanks in Alaska to Whitehorse in Yukon. Over 1,000...
The Yellow-billed Loon, Say's Phoebe and the Brown-headed Cowbird are among the less familiar species to be spotted at this annual wildlife-based festival....
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Nature & Wildlife
, Spectacle
, Art & Literature
, Exhibitions
Every year Niagara-on-the-lake in Ontario honours the great work of George Bernard Shaw and his contemporaries at the Shaw Festival. Each season the festival...
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Art & Literature
, Theatre & Film
, Culture
The Stratford Festival in the city of Stratford, Ontario, stages Shakespearean plays throughout the year in several different theatres. The festival also...
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Entertainment
, Theatre & Film
, Spectacle
The Canadian Tulip Festival is an annual event that takes place in and around Canada's capital, Ottawa. Each year the city springs to life with over three...
The Charlottetown Festival takes place at the three stages of the Confederation Centre of the Arts. It features professional musical theatre and free...
Packed with music, theatre, dance, storytelling, puppetry, circus arts and much more, the Vancouver International Children's Festival embodies the buoyant...
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Exhibitions
, Dance
, Theatre & Film
, Entertainment
, Kids' Stuff
Vancouver's own city marathon follows a mostly flat, paved, spectator-friendly course starting on Pacific Boulevard at the south side of BC Place Stadium....
In tented pavilions at an evocative waterfront venue, the Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival is a season of four professionally-produced plays by...
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Art & Literature
, Entertainment
, Theatre & Film
The Canadian Grand Prix is a Formula One auto race which was first held back in 1967. It takes place at the Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve on the Ile de Notre...
This popular music and firework fair has grown from modest beginnings to a major regional event attracting over 70,000 people. Over a long weekend a succession...
The Harbourfront Centre is a showpiece venue where a profusion of entertainments and shows from around the world are assembled and presented at a summer-long...
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Home & Fashion
, Entertainment
, Food & Drink
, Exhibitions
, Music
The first Montreal International Jazz Festival was held in 1980 and attracted 12,000 people. Since then it has grown to become one of the biggest jazz...
Regina's culturally diverse population includes Scottish, Ukrainian, Polish, Hungarian, Irish and Afro-Caribbean roots, among many others. Approximately...
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Food & Drink
, Dance
, Spectacle
, Entertainment
, Culture
, History
, Exhibitions
, Music
The Open Sky Arts Festival celebrates the Deh Cho area artists, and recognizes the unique quality and stylistic form of art from this region. The events...
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Art & Literature
, Dance
, Entertainment
, Food & Drink
, Music
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